Looking for hypos or other resources to help test your understanding as you continue to prepare for exams? From resources in the LexisNexis Digital Library to interactive lessons in CALI to print resources with more sources for practice questions, you have access to a range of resources through the Eckstein Law Library. For many areas of law, the Questions & Answers series (LexisNexis Digital Library and print) can be an excellent choice for long-form hypos as well as multiple-choice and short-answer questions, the Examples & Explanations series (print) offers hypos with explanations, and CALI incorporates questions into interactive tutorials.  

How do you access these resources and other study aids? The Study Guides for 1Ls or Study Guides for 2L/3L Courses research guides are good starting points, or ask a Reference Librarian. Also contact Reference if you have questions about creating a CALI account or working with any of these resources. (You likely created a CALI account during Orientation, but please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance!)

For print study aids, stop at the Circulation Desk during service hours to check out copies of current study aids from the Reserve collection, or search MarqCat to find older editions on the second floor. Older editions can be checked out for two weeks.

Lexis, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law offer resources you might find helpful for study purposes, too. For example, in Lexis, look for “Law School Resources” in the “Tools & Resources” box on the “Legal Research” page of Lexis+, serving as a portal to doctrinal pages, select Themis outlines, and more, or even explore Practice Videos in Practical Guidance. From Thomson Reuters Westlaw, consider the Practical Law Law School Resource Center and the 1L Resource Center Toolkit for videos, course study collections, flowcharts, and podcasts, or resources for select law school courses via the Thomson Reuters Law School homepage. Bloomberg Law offers Law School Course Resources, too.

Importantly, study aids never substitute for your own work. Rely on information from your professors and strategies you learned through the components of the Academic Success Program, working with study aids only to supplement other study methods.  

Contact: Elana Olson